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Cristate forms (part 2) -
A little while ago Zsolt shows us his find of a cristate form in a Larix decidua 'Krejci'.
I also found such mutation on the same cultivar h...
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Almost lost in cultivation... -
While visiting a garden of a member of the Dutch Conifer Society I rediscovered a conifer I never saw before.
Picea abies 'Glimra'
'Glim...
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Research for Larix laricina brooms -
Two times I took part of a witches' broom hunting expedition in the Upper Peninsula which is part of the State of Michigan.
We found several...
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Abies cephalonica 'Filip's Colour Catcher' -
Back in winter time 2010/2011 Fotis sent me some scions of a variegated Abies cephalonica which he found in the Greece mountains.
Most of th...
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Sciadopitys verticillata 'Mireille' -
21 years ago I found this one between seedlings from seed sown by myself during my horticulture school time.
I observed it for a very long t...
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Three in a row... -
A little while ago I took a few pics of three yellow forms of Picea orientalis at my Pinetum.
From left to right:
Picea orientalis 'Aureo...
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Picea mariana 'Stranger' -
January 20th 2012 my buddy Erik sent me an email of his new finds.
One of them was a blue-grey ball shaped form of a Picea abies.
It didn't ...
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What species for this Picea broom? -
A couple of years ago I received some scions of this Picea broom.
The label said Picea glauca, but the flush and but break doesn't compare w...
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My baby spruces -
Now is the nicest time of year for watching the young grafted spruces when they're showing their new growth.
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Picea glauca cultivars with yellow flush -
Since the last couple of years I'm replanting my Pinetum.
The "common stuff" will be removed, and the rare one's will get in.
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